as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
a report on the arctic tundra of Alaska and the polar bears that inhabit that vast, frozen plain
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Recent Examples of tundra
There are no roads into the park, so visitors must fly in a small aircraft often equipped with floats or tundra tires.
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Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
It’s called permafrost, and in central Alaska just south of the Arctic circle, this ice-cold layer reaches hundreds of feet below the tundra.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Above the tree line, the landscape changes completely with alpine tundra, jagged peaks jutting out in the distance, and skies that seem impossibly close.
—Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
Unlike tundra buggy tours elsewhere in the Arctic, Seal River guests head out twice a day on foot, single file, accompanied by three guides.
—Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
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Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
It’s called permafrost, and in central Alaska just south of the Arctic circle, this ice-cold layer reaches hundreds of feet below the tundra.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Above the tree line, the landscape changes completely with alpine tundra, jagged peaks jutting out in the distance, and skies that seem impossibly close.
—Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
Unlike tundra buggy tours elsewhere in the Arctic, Seal River guests head out twice a day on foot, single file, accompanied by three guides.
—Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tundra
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Badlands, North Dakota North Dakota’s Badlands is known for its rugged landscape, including sweeping hills, prairie grasses, canyons and rock formations, as well as native wildlife.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Salvias and native prairie plants should only have a thin layer of mulch and don't need any if plantings are dense.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
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Pettit’s latest space mission, a 220-day jaunt, concluded on his 70th birthday on April 20, when the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that carried him and his two crewmates touched down in the steppe of Kazakhstan.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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On the Kazakh steppe, centuries of nomadic tradition shaped a culture rooted in hospitality and community.—
Nina Subkhanberdina,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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In the middle distance, sandstorms churn across the plain.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Naashoibito Member site was like a warm and humid tropical forest, similar to conditions in modern Panama, while the Hell Creek area was at a much lower elevation and included the cooler conditions of an inland sea coastal plain.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Being at ground level in their grassland habitats often places them in the path of huge, hungry cattle looking to graze.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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This is why grasslands are important.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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The once-damp rainforest canopy could shift to a dry savanna for at least several centuries.—
Alexandra A Phillips,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
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The species was thought to be restricted to the Amazon Rainforest and the regions that border the forest before the Cerrado, or savanna, begins, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Tundra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tundra. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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